Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 233

XANDER

I was furious about what happened earlier. I didn’t even know where Xander had come from or what he was thinking showing up there like that. I’d checked before going back to Olivia’s room, and everything was fine–she and Samuel were outside, playing by the pool. Then, out of nowhere, Xander appeared.

I had finished cooking, but the food wasn’t plated yet. I had been taking care of the final touches, and now I was stuck trying to figure out a way to get Olivia that meal. Damn Ethan. That guy was always too much. Why couldn’t he just mind his own business for once?

I’d run background checks on all of them, Ethan, Nick, and Marcus. They were all prominent businessmen. Ethan was a millionaire, while Nick and Marcus were billionaires practically on the same level of wealth. Olivia certainly knew how to choose them. From what I gathered, none of them worked with Luke. They just hung out with him because he was Olivia’s father.

Still, they’d do well to stay out of my way and stop meddling in things that weren’t their concern.

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My phone rang, and when I saw the caller ID, I groaned. It was my friend. As soon as I answered, his voice came through, urgent and sharp: “Please tell me you didn’t go through with it?”

“I didn’t get the chance,” I said, my tone more irritated than I meant. “But I was about to, until Ethan showed up and stopped me.”

She was just a child

and I’d had enough. Back then, he’d felt sorry for me, taken me in when I had nothing. I worked like a

the past. I was no longer that helpless kid. I was a grown man, a father, and I could make

cold. “It’s a shame Luke doesn’t have a son, but a daughter will do just fine, too.”

I almost thought he hung up. I pulled the phone away from my ear and checked the

said, his voice firm. “If you wont think about your son and stop this,

the hell did he mean by that? I could feel my blood pressure rising. “Are you taking their side? You, of all people, the one who knows everything I’ve been through,

heavily. “I don’t want to, Xander. That’s why I’m begging you to stop. But if you won’t, I’ll have no choice but to save you from yourself. For Justin’s sake. He deserves better than this. He’s already lost his mother, Do

lace with guilt. It felt like manipulation, but I

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He was playing the emotional card, and it was hitting hard. I trusted him, why was

said, my voice low. “And I will

frustration. My thoughts were clouded, but I couldn’t stay there. I needed

my room, heading toward the cemetery where my father was buried. It had been years since I’d visited. I had avoided it, weighed down by the guilt of how long I’d let it go, never bothering to find the man who

who had ruined everything. It was time to confront him. For the first time in a long time, I found the courage

made my way to the cemetery. It wasn’t far from the hotel. This place, this neighbourhood, used to be home. It was where